Elvis Comrie
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 September 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Worcester Hydra (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Kingsford Rangers | |||
| 1979–1981 | University of Connecticut | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1982 | Montreal Manic (indoor) | 3 | (0) |
| 1982–1983 | Montreal Manic | 33 | (11) |
| 1984 | Chicago Sting (indoor) | 16 | (2) |
| 1983–1984 | Chicago Sting | 22 | (5) |
| 1984–1985 | New York Cosmos (indoor) | 28 | (2) |
| 1986–1987 | Chicago Shoccers (indoor) | 40 | (37) |
| 1988 | Maryland Bays | ? | (3) |
| 1989–1990 | Albany Capitals | ? | (15) |
| National team | |||
| 1984 | United States | 4 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1989–1990 | Central Connecticut State (assistant) | ||
| 1991–2008 | Holy Cross | ||
| 2012– | Worcester Hydra | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Elvis Comrie (born 7 September 1959) is an English-American football (soccer) forward, currently manager of USL Premier Development team, Worcester Hydra. Comrie played three seasons in the North American Soccer League, one in Major Indoor Soccer League, one in the American Indoor Soccer Association, two in the American Soccer League and one in the American Professional Soccer League. He earned four caps with the U.S. national team in 1984. Comrie worked briefly as a stockbroker and was formerly a college soccer coach.
Born in England to Jamaican parents, Comrie was named after Elvis Presley. He played for both his school team, the Bristol Boys and his club team, the Kingsford Rangers, part of the Bristol City club system. When he was ten, Comrie’s father moved to the U.S. where he settled in Brooklyn and worked to bring over his family. Comrie continued to live in Bristol where Rovers offered Comrie a contract when he was twelve. Comrie’s father refused to allow his son to sign with the club, insisting Comrie continue with school. Soon after, the Comrie family moved to Bedford-Stuyvesant a particularly harsh neighborhood in Brooklyn to join his father. Comrie attended Fort Hamilton High School where he continued to play soccer.
After high school, Comrie entered the University of Connecticut where he majored in home economics and played on the powerhouse Huskies soccer team from 1979 to 1982. The Huskies won the 1981 NCAA Championship. Comrie was named a second team All-American in 1981 and finished second on career points list with 145. While Comrie finished his collegiate career in 1982, he did not graduate with a bachelor’s degree in fashion design until 1986.
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